Chapter 7 Flashcards
Biological rhythms
Periodic psychological fluctuations (sleep/awake cycle)
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Consciousness
24 hour cycle, biological clock, traveling through diff time zones
Circadian rhythm
All of the stages of sleep before rem sleep
Non rem sleep
Rem sleep
Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur.
Alpha waves
Relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed awake state.
Periodic natural reversible loss of consciousness - as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma
Sleep
Hallucinations
False sensory experiences
Delta waves
Occur during deep sleep large waves slow brain waves.
Recurring problems with falling asleep
Insomnia
Sleep disorder of uncontrollable sleep attacks
Narcolepsy
Sleep disorder characterized by momentary awakenings Nd temporary cessation a of breathing.
Sleep apnea
Night terror
Sleep disorder– high arousal and appearance of being terrified. During stage 4 sleep.
Sequence of emotions, thoughts, images, passing through a sleeping persons mind.
DREAM
Dream theories- 5 of them
Dreams are successions of images ideas emotions and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
Freuds wish fulfillment
Satisfactions of a desire through an involuntary thought process
Remembering the story line of a dream
Manifest content
Information processing
Helps us sort out the days events and consolidate memories.
Activation synthesis
Rem sleep trigger neural activity that evokes random visual memories, which our sleeping brain weaves into stories.
Cognitive development
Dream content reflects dreamers cognitive development (knowledge and understandings)
Rem rebound
Rem sleep increases from rem deprivation (repeated awakenings)
Social interaction where one person is in control of another persons emotions actions or perceptions.
Hypnosis
Anton Mesmer
Modern hypnosis- used magnets to put people in trances.
Post hypnotic suggestion
Suggestion made during hypnosis sessions to be carried out after person is awoken. Used clinically
When you’re so caught up in hypnosis that you can detect horrible odor right in front of you.
Social influence theory
Famous psychologist at Stanford became famous in 1950’s for research on hypnosis especially in pain control
Ernest Hilgard
Dissociation
A split in consciousness. Allowing thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously w/ others.
Psychoactive drugs
Alters perceptions and mood.
Diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug.
Tolerance
Discomfort or distress when stopping the use of an addictive drug.
Withdrawal
Psychological dependence
Need to use a drug to relieve negative emotions.
Physical dependence
Need for a drug, unpleasant symptoms of withdrawal.
Compulsive crave or use.
Addiction.
Drugs that REDUCE NEURAL ACTIVITY & SLOW BODY FUNCTIONS.
Depressants
Drugs that EXCITE & SPEED UP BODY FUNCTIONS.
Stimulants
Temporarily depress pain and anxiety, depress neural activity (morphine and heroin)
Opiates
Drugs that depress CNS imparting memory and judgment.
Barbiturates
Drugs that stimulate neural activity associated w energy and mood changes.
Amphetamines
Stimulative drugs causing sped up body functions and increase mood and energy changes.
Amphetamines (neural activity) & methamphetamines (CNS)
Ecstasy
Synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen. (Social intimacy)
Psychedelic drugs that distort perceptions and evokes sensory images in the absence of sensory input.
Hallucinogens
Powerful hallucinogenic drug aka acid
LSD
Major active ingredient in weed
THC
An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death, often similar to drug induced hallucinogens.
Near death experience
Dualism
Mind and body are separate entities that interact.
Monism
Mind and body are separate aspects of same thing.
EEG- stages of sleep
Awake- alpha waves 1- nodding off 2- totally asleep 3-deepening sleep 4- deeper sleep w delta waves Rem- deepest sleep rapid eye movement
